Meeting Alex Merax and Kiowa Gordon - part 1:spending the night at the Galleria

Yes, I spent the night in the Red Garage at the Houston Galleria, and I had a great time doing it. On October 30, 2009, my friend, Heather, and I arrived at the Galleria around 7pm. We looked around the mall for a bit before we went to get in line on the sidewalk outside. There were two lines, one for the event at Hot Topic and one for Nordstrom's. By the time we were allowed into the parking Garage, the Hot Topic line had approximately 600 people in it, and the Nordstrom line had apporximately 50. Heather and I were lucky, we were numbers 10 & 11. Nordstrom's had an area blocked off for us in the garage, so once we were counted, we were able to move into the baracaded area, set up our chairs and such, then move about. Nordsrtom's brought out donuts and hot coffee for us as well as TV's and a DVD player. We watched Twilight (of course), Transformers and The Break up (which I learned was a fairly pointless movie). I felt bad for the people in the Hot Topic line, they didn't have as much freedom to move around as we did. I was proud of myself, when we had to pack up and get ready to go inside the Galleria, I had stayed awake all night (and froze while doing it. It got down to 48 that night - rather chilly for Houston). We moved into the Galleria at 6am and were greeted by Hot chocolate, more donuts, coffee and free make-overs. Two more hours, and we finally got to go shopping!!! I had no trouble spending the required $75.00 in the bp department at Nordstrom's.

After we finished shopping, it was time to take Heather home, then for me to drive another hour to get home and get a nap before the trick-or-treating. I was proud of myself. I made it 31.75 hours before I fell asleep. I could have made it longer, as long as no one asked me to do anything that required thought. This was excellent practice for my trip to Salt Lake City to attend the Twilight Mom's and Twilight Lexicon opening weekend events! And I got to make some new friends who are also Twilight fans! Great way to spend the night. :)